Rare Critters – Page 76

Blind cat loves hiking and (gasp) walking on a leash

November 24, 2014

Honey Bee is is no ordinary cat. The blind feline, saved by Animals Fiji, now lives in Seattle with her human family, Sabrina and Jonathan Ursin,…

Orphaned pygmy marmoset gets massage … with a toothbrush

November 23, 2014

This is glorious. The Rare Species Conservatory Foundation has posted a video of Ninita, an orphaned and deaf pygmy marmoset, getting a massage. The massage, courtesy,…

Here Today (possibly gone tomorrow) art exhibition of threatened species

November 23, 2014

The FREEDOM group has posted a series of awe-inspiring videos from the point-of-view of an eagle flying over some of the world’s most recognizable…

Remember that bear who looked through the lens of a photographer’s camera?

November 19, 2014

Earlier this month, the photograph taken of a bear looking through a camera lens went viral, seen by millions of people. The picture, taken by photographer Jim…

Meet elephant IR1: One of Kenya’s rare “hundred pounders”

November 18, 2014

By any measure, IR1 is impressive. The male elephant is at least 45-years-old, appears to have suffered a serious head wound and is one of…

Selfie with squirrel done with stealth crawling and a lot of patience

November 17, 2014

Stacey Wallace of Vancouver, British Columbia has become Internet famous with her selfie with a squirrel taken at Manning Park. But it wasn’t an…

How do you rescue a baby elephant that fell down a well?

November 13, 2014

While watching a show recently, we learned that in Tanzania, few trees in the wild are knocked down by wind or the elements. It’s…

Vampire-like fanged deer, with glands worth more than gold, spotted for first time in six decades in Afghanistan

November 12, 2014

The musk deer has been not seen in northern Afghanistan fore almost 60 years with the last sighting made by a Danish survey team…

Lights, camera, polar bears in action!

November 11, 2014

Have you always wanted to see a polar bear in the wild? Well, now you can from the comfort of your couch as the…

Lola the turtle was constipated, x-rays turned up something surprising and ironic

November 9, 2014

Lola the turtle arrived at Avian & Exotic Animals Medical Center in Miami, Florida feeling a bit down in the dumps. Her owner believed…